Trenches

We all experience pain
And we have our own struggles
Its all about how you come out of it
What dont kill you make you stronger
And what dont break your pockets, make your money longer

I got love for the ghetto, love for the hood
Love for the people that turn the bad into good
Love for the people that think that it could be worse
Love for the people thats puttin their family first
I got love for the ghetto, love for the hood
Love for the people that turn the bad into good
Love for the people that think that shit could be worse
Love for the people thats puttin their family first

Breakfast in the mornin, yeah its finger lickin good
Bunch of laughs outside the window, kids playin in the hood
Get dressed, step outside, and know today is gonna be good
But Im still on the high alert cause niggas still from the hood
Everybody see the ghetto as being a bad place
Where people run a muck, niggas stuck in a sad state
They dont see the good times that outweigh the bad days
In the hood we still smile to lighten up them dark caves
Have a cookout, make the kids dance, then we share a couple laughs
Pop a bottle, share it with my homies, nigga fu*k a glass
Bouta roll up, tell em hold up, pass the blunt before I spazz
Cause its five niggas smokin on a dime bag of gas

You dont need the type of things on TV
Everything aint always what it seems
Everything is easier if you believe, if you believe

I got love for the ghetto, love for the hood
Love for the people that turn the bad into good
Love for the people that think that it could be worse
Love for the people thats puttin their family first
I got love for the ghetto, love for the hood
Love for the people that turn the bad into good
Love for the people that think that shit could be worse
Love for the people thats puttin their family first

Know plenty fathers at the bottom makin shit work everyday
Know plenty mothers heart would suffer cause their son just joined a gang
Know plenty brothers want to kill a nigga that his sister dates
Sister takin care of the kids cause momma high and out her brain
Yeah its sad and it sucks but we still find ways to make it
Or replace it if we gotta fu *kin do it then well take it
Its the basics that we lack, that why seem so damn impatient
People fear it, wont go near it, but we forced to just embrace it
In the hood you gotta find out what works
And if you get it to work, you can still end up hurt
And what hurts, can make you feel even worse
And whats worse, is thats not even the worst

You dont need the type of things on TV
Everything aint always what it seems
Everything is easier if you believe, if you believe

I got love for the ghetto, love for the hood
Love for the people that turn the bad into good
Love for the people that think that it could be worse
Love for the people thatsputtin their family first
I got love for the ghetto, love for the hood
Love for the people that turn the bad into good
Love for the people that think that shit could be worse
Love for the people thats puttin their family first